Podcast 168 Terrorism Today: What Can You Do?

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Today:  Three Terrorist attacks rocked America this last weekend.  Two different bombings and a knife attack but no one died.  This podcast I go through what we know about the three attacks and how you can avoid it, or keep yourself safe if you are stuck at the location during a similar attack.

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Podcast Outline:

Bombings

  • Time line of events (from USA Today)
    • Pipe Bomb in New Jersey Saturday Morning
    • Trashcan bomb in New York City Saturday Night
    • Pressure cooker bomb found blocks from trashcan bomb and disarmed
    • Sunday AM Pipe bombs found in a backpack near train station in NJ. Robot accidentally detonated one
    • Sunday Night 5 people detained in a car stop linked to bombings
    • Monday 11am Guy FBI wanted was captured after a gun battle
  • What Can You Do to Stay Safe?
    • Avoid large crowded areas
    • New York City seems to be a focus
    • Know your neighbors
    • Ask Questions
    • Call Authorities
    • Look for weird stuff
      • Leaving bags
      • Throwing away bags
      • Wires hanging out
      • Wrong Clothing
      • Males aged 20-35 alone
      • Someone following a military aged male
      • Carrying heavy bags when they shouldn’t be
    • Bomb Makers
      • Static free shoes
      • Special locked area
      • Don’t want to be seen by police
      • Won’t talk to you
      • Looks like a lot of electrical equipment with no reason
      • Missing Fingers
      • Weird chemicals with electrical stuff
      • Short term rentals/leases of places
      • Working in a storage unit
      • Multiple cell phones hanging around
      • Testing Bomb Materials
        • Fuses
        • Electrical Impulses
        • Blasting Caps
        • And Actual Explosives
      • Discover a Device
        • Put as much stuff between you and the bomb as possible
        • Evacuate the area
        • Don’t cause alarm until you and loved ones are a safe distance from the device
        • Someone could be watching and waiting blow the device
        • Don’t use cell phones or electronic devices around the device
        • Shoot the trigger man, but there might be another even with a suicide bomber
        • Call for help once safe
        • Write down details, as much as you remember that you saw
        • Or give every detail you can to the 911 operator, they are recording

Knife Attack

  • The Act
    • Minnesota Mall (on com)
    • Asked people if they where muslim
    • Wearing a security uniform
  • What you can do
    • Watch out for anyone that looks out of place
    • Stay away from large crowds
    • Go armed
    • Create space
    • Knife attackers need to touch you
    • Put something between you and them to create time and space
    • Anyone that is asking your religion and Islam/Muslim is the answer you don’t want to be around

Which Attack is Easier to Defend?

  • Gun and knife attacks are easier for civilians to defend
    • Fight them like any other self defense situation
  • Bomb attacks are easier for authorities
    • Material tracking
    • Multiple people come in contact pre-incident
    • Time to construct
    • Moving device
    • Planting Device
    • Escaping after leaving the device

 

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Stay Safe,

Ben

 

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